cynicism comes with coffeeas artificial as sweetenerwe’ve grown accustomedto the bitter aftertastenegative is normalcritiques and criticismspass for conversation ina culture short on courageand long on loud

gratitude is hard workto choose to be thankfulrequires the tenacityof a heart broken openand willing to sit silentlyon a starlight night or inthe shadow of a bee’s wingthe opposite of fearis thank you — thank you